William Lewis Clark Eads

Abt 1827 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	William Lewis Clark Eads
  Born	Abt 1827	Cole, Missouri, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I3428	Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Moses Eads,   b. 1797, Franklin, Georgia, United States ,   d. Bef May 1869, Polk, Oregon, United States  (Age < 72 years)
  Mother	Nancy Walker,   b. Abt 1800, North Carolina, United States ,   d. Bef May 1869, Polk, Oregon, United States  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	6 Jan 1818	Boone, Missouri, United States   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1827 - Cole, Missouri, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1827 BIRTH: MO,Cole Co: William Lewis Clark Eads born abt 1827 1844 HIST: OR Donation Land Certif #3603-Settled in OR Dec 1844 unmd Aug 1997 letter from Kathy McCord: Wm Lewis Clark was said to have been a troublemaker on the wagon train. He shot at a man and tried to kill his bro Rufus. In "Emigrants to Oregon in 1844:" Clark Eads son of Moses Eades (CK OUT-Connie's email shows right after this stmt, "General Notes: Pages from a bk "The Oregon Trail," a diary of Rev Edward Evan Parrish in 1844. Author, Burt Webber. Pg 21-22." 1850 CENSUS: Polk Co, OR,19 Oct, Dw 179/179: William S Edes 23/MO, son of Moses & Nancy Edes 1853 HIST: Pg 1014: WLC Eads: Cayuse War claim awarded 1 Jan 1853 2:7 OR Donation Land Certif #3603: 320 acres Polk Co OR nxt to father Moses-8 Mar 1853. Claim #38. Settled in OR Dec 1844 unmd, signed "X". 1854 HIST: Wm LC vs Selders, Antony-Polk Co Ct case-trespass-cont 13 Jan 1854, 2:5; 3 Jun 1854 cont-costs to plaintiff 2:5; 31 Oct 1854 3:1-Polk Co Ct Case-slander $10,000 verdict for plaintiff $5 1859 HIST: Index to OR Statesman Newspaper pg 1013: WC Eades in Polk Co jail-chgd with attempt on life of Rufus Eades, his bro 28 Jun 1859, 2:5 "WC Eades is confined at Polk Co jail upon a chg of attempting to kill his bro Rufus. Rufus has just completed 3yr term in Pen, to which he was sent for killing a man in a quarrel in Portland winter of 1855-56. Both Rufus & man killed were mbrs of vol. co. passing thru Ptld. PS-Eads dischgd on bail 1880 CENSUS: OR-Polk Co, Douglas Twp Dw 95/96: EADS, Wm 51/MO (SC,NC) laborer and boarder ACTION-CK OUT: 1. Umatilla Co MG Rcds on computer 1997: Wm C Eads md Mabel Back 6 Nov 1921, Pendleton OR [too late for this Wm C Eads] 2. AFN:269Q-DH, Phillip Blackburn

  
  

• Sources

  [S217] CENSUS: Oregon,Polk Co: U.S. Federal, Pg 120. "Dw 179/179: William S 23/MO, son of Moses & Nancy Edes" Date: 19 October 1850 [S145] Oregon,Polk Co: Donation Land Claim. "Moses Eads md Nancy Walker 6 Jan 1918, Boone Co Missouri" Certif #3598, Claim #39 Date: October 1854 [S193] IGI-International Genealogical Index, #7205518, page 75. "Moses Eads married Nancy Walker 9 Jan 1818, Howard Co MO" SS: 7 Oct 1972 OG [S198] Family Rcds: BLACKBURN, Phillip. "Moses Eads md Nancy Walker 9 Jan 1817 Howard Co MO" Ancestral File: #269P-C6 [S199] Missouri,Howard Co: Marriage Rcds, Vital Rcds CD Series 9. "Moses Eads md Nancy Walker 9 Jan 1821 in Howard Co MO"